Garment hanger



P 1953. R. E. FRANCO 2,652,179

GARMENT HANGER Filed Sept. 16, 1950 Patented Sept. 15, 1953 UNITED STATE S PAT ENT 0 F FlC'EI GARMENT RoderickE. Franco, New York, N. Y2

Application September 16, I950; swarms 185,199."

6. Claims.

This invention relates. to garment hanger structures and more particularly tosupporting structures which. may be selectively used. tor jackets and coats :and/or for trousers It is-.one:of the objects of the invention. to' providemeans affording asimple, effective and com.- pact garmentihanger structure which is well balanced and ensures excellent gripping facilitiesto thereby prevent slipping or displacement of: garments, in particular of trousers, with. respectzto the hanger. or support.

It. is another object of the invention to provide means rendering the possibility of detach.- ably connecting with. one another, and employing. independently of each other the trouser or skirt-holding part and the jacket or coat supporting part. of thegarment hanger, whereby great. economy and simplified assembly of the hanger structure is achieved.

It is a further; object ofthepresent. invention to provide means.facilitatingspeedy closing and opening of the trouser or skirt receiving part and in. a. positive manner without: resorting to lever, spring and. similar elements which are generally characteristic of complicated: and; expensive whose shoulder supporting portions may besuffieiently wide and suitably curved, thus providing: thereb'elow space for accommodation: of the trouser or. skirt supporting. portion and. inconp'cration of thelatter into; the hanger structure assembly.

It a still iurther object of: the. invention to provide means.- conduciverto a sturdy andpractical garment hanger. structure. in. which the trouser or skirt receiving support or portion. extends transversely of OT'ZCI'OSSith'ETlGV/BIJ extremities of the coat or'jacket supporting hanger: portion, braces thelatter, and is capabletofa holding at least one pairof trousers or'oneskirt at either side of the transversely extending trouser? support.

With these and Othfifdbj'GCts: in: view; the: irrvention will be hereinafter more; fully'described and the combination and arrangement. of parts willbe shown in the accompanying: drawing and pointed out in the claims which. form. part of the specification.

Inthe drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view: ofthe garment hanger embodying the featuresof present invention witlr oneend portion broken away to 2. sltmw: the connection of: the trouser holding parts therewith;

Fig; Zisa transverse-. sectionalview taken; gen.- erally onlin'e Ze-ZofEig. 1;;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical. sectional view takenion line 33 of.Fig.. 1

Fig. 4. is asideelevational View of. a. modified form of: theinvention showing a. trouser hanger with the end. plates connected. thereto;

Fig.- 5. is averticalsectional viewtaken on line 5-5-ofI Fig. 4 and Fig. 6; is a fragmentary perspective View of the endplate assembly.

Referring. now particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, there is" disclosed. a garment shoulder hanger structure til having an upper portion l with a hanger hook l2. connectedthereto and downwardly inclined portions l3 and I4 extending from. portion 11- and. forming. the arms of the structure. Each. ofbthese. downwardly inclined portions or arms terminates. in an. enlarged end portion. LE on which the shoulders of 'a coat or garment come torest soias tomaintainthe shoulder. shape of. the garment and because of these end portions beingsuitably rounded, elongated and enlarged. they are also adapted to, conveniently receive. a pantsor trouser. hanger bar arrangement. l6. Eachroi the end. portions IE are providedwitha U-shapedrecess or. cavity ll into which. they ends of. the. bar. arrangement I 6 may extend and be. housed- These cavities or cutouts I! are sufliciently large to permit access of the fingersof. a person. for the. operation .of turn wheels- Hland ta which are arranged to project somewhat out of. the cavities, as seen in Figs. l andii.

The bottom of: therecess ll forms a baseplate 21- integral. with. end. portions 15 and the open sides of each. U-shaped. recess are. closed by detachable'plates 22-31101 .23. The detachable plates are secured. to the respective enlarged end portion [5- by upper screws 2.4 while. the. lower ends of the plates 22 and 23; are respectively secured to base. plate: 21' byscrews 25..

Extending under. the hanger. portion. H and from. one cavity or. recesstothe other is an" intermediate or fixed bar 26. The upper edge of harm may be seated in a corresponding. groove 2:!- provided. in: the: top surface Lia: definingvrecess IT. The bar 26 is further held in. position againstthe base plate 2.1 by screws-2%..

Extending; through an opening 26a in each end. at the; intermediate: bar 26* is a! fast: screw threaded. shaft: 3.1: having respectively squared ends 32 engaged in square openings 33 of the side plates 22 and 23.

Extending between the fast threaded shafts and slidable thereon are movable trouser or skirt supporting bars 34 and 35. Turn wheels or adjusting means l8 and I9 are, respectively, associated with these bars 34 and 35 and serve to move the bars along threaded shafts 3| toward the main fixed bar 26 whereby to clamp trousers 36 thereagainst and to hold the same from dropping from the movable bar. The upper edge of the movable bars are, respectively, rounded, as indicated at 3i, to accommodate the trousers or skirt and to eliminate any possibility of lacing a crease therein. The turn wheels l8 and |9 are easily accessible and can be turned in either direction quickly and easily to either connect the trousers or skirt to the hanger or disengage the same therefrom.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 4, and 6, there is shown a modified form of the invention wherein the main hanger and inclined portions are dispensed with and the hanger hook, as indicated at 40, is directly connected to an intermediate trouser or skirt hanger bar 4|. In order that coats and the like can be extended over the trouser hanger, removable plate assemblies 42 are respectively connected to the opposite ends of the intermediate bar 4|. Each plate assembly comprises a block 43 (Fig. 6), having a recess 44 therein, the ends of which are closed by plates 45 and 46 respectively connected to the block 43 by screws 41. The plates 45 and 46 have square openings 48 respectively therein for receiving squared ends 49 respectively of a fast threaded shaft 50. There is one of these shafts extending across and at each end of the main or intermediate bar 4|.

Movable in lengthwise direction of these fast threaded shafts are hanger bars 5| and 52 which may be brought into tight engagement with a skirt or a pair or pairs of trousers hanging thereover, respectively, by first shifting these movable bars against fixed bar 4! and then by turning wheels or adjusting means 53 and 54 which are operatively connected to the fast threaded shafts, asis well understood. Each plate assembly 42 is made secure upon the end of the intermediate fixed bar 4| by groove 55a and also by a screw 55 extending upwardly into bar 4| from the bottom of the block 43 and through opening 56 therein.

At times when it is desired to use the trouser hanger independently of the plate assemblies 42, the plate assemblies can be readily removed by simply releasing the screw 55 from the intermediate bar 4!. With the assemblies 42 in place, however, the hanger is adaptable for both coats and the like and for trousers or skirts.

It will be realized from the above disclosure that the trouser supporting means may be manufactured independently of the coat shoulder supporting means H to E5 inclusive, and can be either used separately in connection with blocks 42 or may be inserted in U-shaped recesses or cavities of the coat or garment shoulder supporting means to thereby form an integral part of the latter. Thus, great economy and simplified assembly of the complete hanger structure is attained.

It can thus be seen that there has been provided in accordance with this invention a garment hanger device which comprises, in combination, a coat shoulder supporting portion ineluding downwardly diverging arms each provided with an end of enlarged surface and a cavity therebelow, trousers engaging means extending across said ends of said diverging arms and engageable therewith in said cavities, and fastening means removably retaining said trousers engaging means on said coat shoulder supporting portion to brace the latter.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A garment hanger structure having shoulder portions; comprising an assembly of a transversely extending bar, with means connected to opposite ends of said bar for supporting coats and like garments at the shoulder portions thereof, hook means for suspending the assembly, each of said end means having a recess therein and receiving an end of said bar, a fast threaded shaft extending across each recess and through the respective end of said bar and fixed to said shoulder portions, an adjustable clamp bar extending between the fast threads, and wheel means operable upon the ends of said clamp bar and upon the fast threads to effect engagement of said clamp bar against said garment extending there'- over and to force the same against the transverse bar of the assembly.

2. A garment hanger structure comprising an assembly of a main transverse bar, with end shoulder means releasably connected to opposite ends of said main transverse bar, hook means connected to said assembly for securing the hanger structure to a supporting member, said end shoulder means comprising each a portion having a recess therein, the ends of said transverse bar entering the respective recesses, fast threaded shafts extending across the recesses and secured against rotation upon the end shoulder means, an adjustable bar having its ends connected between the respective fast threaded shafts and movable thereupon, and a turn wheel on each shaft to adjust the adjustable bar whereby the garment extended between the transverse bar and the adjustable bar may be secured therebetween against downward displacement therefrom,

3. A garment hanger structure comprising a main portion having downwardly inclined arms terminating in enlarged end shoulder portions, each of said shoulder portions having a recess therein, side plates removably secured to opposite ends of the shoulder portions, a bottom plate secured to said side plates for closing the bottom of each recess, a fast threaded shaft extending between the side plates of each shoulder portion, a main transverse bar supporting said shafts and respectively connected to said arms of said main portion, an adjustable bar carried by said shafts and movable thereover relative to said main transverse bar, to secure a garment between the adjustable bar and said main bar, and means operable upon the fast threaded shafts and engageable with the adjustable bar for effecting clamping engagement of the same with the garment and said main bar.

4. A garment hanger structure comprising a fixed main bar having a hook extending upwardly therefrom for the attachment of the garment hanger structure to a support, an end plate assembly to adapt the hanger for use in supporting coats and like garments from their shoulder parts thereof, each of said plate assemblies comprising a block, side plates connected to the opposite sides of the-block, each block having a recess adapted to receive the respective end of the main bar, means releasably securing said end plate assemblies to said bar so that the ends of the bar are confined within the recesses of the end plate assemblies, each of said assemblies having a fast threaded shaft extending through said main bar and between said side plates, a movable bar on at least one of said fast threaded shafts, and wheel means associated, respectively, with each fast threaded shaft to eifect clamping engagement of said movable bar with a garment thereon and with said main bar.

5. A garment hanger device comprising a coat supporting portion having a median part with downwardly diverging arms, the ends of said arms of said supporting portion being provided with cavities, trousers engaging bars extending into and between said cavities, and rotatable means including threaded means extending across said cavities and retaining said bars therein, said rotatable means engaging said threaded means laterally of said trousers engaging bars, to thereby grip said trousers thereon in crosswise direction to said bars.

6. A garment hanger device comprising, in combination, a coat shoulder supporting portion including downwardly diverging arms each provided with an end of enlarged surface and a cavity in each enlarged surface therebelow, trousers engaging means extending across said ends of said diverging arms and engageable therewith in said cavities, and threaded means including adjusting means thereon, said threaded means retaining said trousers engaging means in said cavities and being adapted to facilitate displacement of said adjusting means and said trousers engaging means relative to each other and to said coat shoulder supporting portion, whereby trousers placed on said trousers engaging means are secured on the latter upon displacement of said adjusting means on said threaded means in the direction toward said trousers engageable means.

RODERICK E. FRANCO.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 644,037 Tyler Feb. 20, 1900 2,486,749 Marks Nov. 1, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 114,783 Great Britain Apr. 18, 1918 

